Ahmadinejad dismisses UN report on Iran's nuclear programme

The Iranian President accuses the IAEA of following a pro-America agenda.

7:39PM GMT 08 Nov 2011

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says that it has "serious concerns" about Iran's nuclear activities, and has "credible" information Tehran may have worked on developing atomic weapons.

The agency said that some of its more than 1,000 pages of information indicated Iran has done work "on the development of an indigenous design of a nuclear weapon including the testing of components."

But speaking on state TV, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad dismissed the report, accusing the UN agency of following a pro-America agenda.

"The IAEA is just publishing reports provided by American officials. I am sorry that the head of IAEA Yukiya Amano is violating the agency's regulations and is a puppet of America. Why doesn't Mr Amano publish reports on the arsenals of America and its allies?" he said.

The report comes amid rising speculation that Israel might launch a pre-emptive military strike in an attempt to knock out its arch foe's nuclear facilities.